by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Wichita State University was awarded 437 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is human resource management.
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WSU is ranked #663 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when WSU held the #735 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
WSU also holds the #6 spot on the Best Colleges in Kansas ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 91%, WSU has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 7% of students accepted to WSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 483 and 620. Math scores were between 500 and 600.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Wichita State University, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Wichita State University is 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Wichita State University is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at WSU is 23%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Wichita State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,946 undergraduates at WSU with 8,586 being full-time and 3,360 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,687 | $12,272 | $14,581 | $17,903 | $18,129 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of WSU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At WSU, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $8,067 a year. That adds up to $32,268 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at WSU is 5.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Wichita State University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Wichita State University.
Contact details for WSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1845 N. Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0124 |
| Phone: | 316-978-3456 |
| Website: | www.wichita.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/wichita.state |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/wichitastate |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 279 | NA |
| Nursing | 175 | $50,805 |
| Business Administration & Management | 164 | $42,790 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 136 | NA |
| General Psychology | 136 | $29,371 |
| Anthropology | 136 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 86 | $63,455 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 82 | $33,552 |
| Computer Science | 79 | NA |
| Accounting | 76 | $47,084 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 8,762 students took at least one online class at Wichita State University. This is an increase from the 7,939 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 8,762 | 3,424 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,939 | 3,081 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,796 | 2,904 |
| 2017-2018 | 9,705 | 2,588 |
| 2016-2017 | 8,821 | 1,780 |
Learn more about online learning at Wichita State University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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